Improvement in hand-protectors for driving



H. B.- THOMPSON.

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Patented Apri|429,18.79.

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HENRY B. THOMPSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-PROTECTORS FOR DRIVING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,796, dated April 29, 1879; application filed January 27, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. THOMPSON, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shield for the Protection of the Hands of Drivers, which isfully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is the protection 0f the hands of a person driving a carriage or other vehicle from rainy, cold, and other inclement Weather.

It consists of a shield `or guard, which enciroles each wrist of the driver, and opens and `extends a suitable distance over the back of the hand. P

Figure 1 is a perspective sideview of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view,'showing the invention protecting the hand of a driver.

HENRY B. THOMPSON.

Witnesses FRANCIS D. PAsToRIUs, CHAs. F. VAN HORN. 

